Author Alan Hollinghurst on the sauciest sex scene in literature and new novel Our Evenings

Alan Hollinghurst (Image: Adrian Cecil)

Alan Hollinghurst is without doubt one of the greatest LGBTQ+ writers in living history, having paved the way for the panoply of queer writing today.

First published during the AIDS crisis, his novel The Swimming Pool Library became an instant hit. But perhaps his most famed work is The Line of Beauty, which earned him the Man Booker Prize in 2004.

A prolific author, Hollinghurst has continued to write stories that examine queer identity from every angle, exploring generational change, social class and, in his latest novel, Our Evenings, the perspective of a mixed-race protagonist. Here, Hollinghurst delves into the many works that have inspired his latest book, as well as selecting the greatest coming-of-age novel.

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